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Minsk

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Belarus offers a generally positive experience for visitors, with notable friendliness from locals, especially in Minsk. Visitors may find locals very interested in engaging with foreigners, particularly Americans, which can make for a warm and welcoming environment. While English is spoken to some extent in Minsk, it's not as widespread as in neighboring countries like Ukraine. For social life, Zbitskaya Street becomes lively on weekends, especially during the summer, though entertainment can be limited on weekdays.

Costs have noticeably increased over the past year, with accommodations becoming much more expensive than expected. Renting as a foreigner comes with bureaucratic hurdles, including mandatory government notifications about stays and address changes, which can take up significant time. Hotels may be a better option for travelers who prefer to avoid dealing with local administrative processes. The country feels like it's in transition and may become more internationally accessible in the coming years, but for now, infrastructure for foreigners may feel limited and cumbersome.

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5 months ago

Spent a month in Belarus this July - we have some good friends there we work with so it was an excellent time. Some good restaurants. People are extremely friendly, just gotta adapt to the culture a bit. Most seemed to be very interested in the fact that I was American. Felt kind of like the country is just starting to open up and it will be of more international interest in the upcoming 5 - 10 years. English is spoken in Minsk but probably less then in ukraine (my only other former soviet point of comparison).

For entertainment, there's not much going on during the week but Zbitskaya street friday and saturday has bars overflowing into the streets during the summer time. It was a bit more expensive then I was expecting but I didn't really try to hustle for the best apartment rates.

There's a bit of bureaucracy when it comes to renting an apartment, as a foreigner on a visa I had to notify the government of my whereabouts. I changed apartments and this resulted in me, my friend (who speaks russian) and the new landlord having to spend half a day at a government office updating them. I believe hotels can manage all this in the background for you so if I were to go back I would just get a hotel for the whole stay.

6 years ago

last year this time it was around 650$. now it says monthly costs are more than 1000$. does it worth it? don't think so.

7 years ago

✅ Friendly people

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are pretty safe

❌ Expensive

❌ Bureaucratic

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ No democracy

❌ Not much to do

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets very cold in the winter

❌ Very damp now

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not safe for women

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ People smoking tobacco a lot

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

-5°C / 23°F freezing

-6°C / 21°F freezing

-0°C / 32°F freezing

7°C / 45°F cold

13°C / 55°F cool

19°C / 66°F mild

22°C / 72°F mild

19°C / 66°F mild

13°C / 55°F cool

7°C / 45°F cold

-1°C / 30°F freezing

-4°C / 25°F freezing

Real (median)

-3°C / 27°F
freezing

-4°C / 25°F
freezing

1°C / 34°F
very cold

8°C / 46°F
cold

13°C / 55°F
cool

19°C / 65°F
mild

22°C / 71°F
mild

19°C / 65°F
mild

13°C / 55°F
cool

8°C / 46°F
cold

1°C / 33°F
very cold

-3°C / 28°F
freezing

Humidity

damp
91%

damp
86%

damp
82%

damp
77%

damp
79%

nice
71%

nice
77%

damp
81%

damp
76%

damp
86%

damp
87%

Most common

Rain

dry
49mm

dry
40mm

dry
45mm

rainy
51mm

rainy
74mm

rainy
75mm

dry
47mm

rainy
79mm

rainy
59mm

dry
6mm

rainy
51mm

dry
48mm

Cloud

pockets
48%

pockets
41%

pockets
35%

pockets
37%

pockets
41%

pockets
30%

pockets
25%

pockets
35%

pockets
45%

Remote workers

673 people

760 people

640 people

600 people

538 people

738 people

800 people

640 people

850 people

650 people

783 people

745 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Spain

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Kyiv

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Warsaw

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🌧 Feels -2° 28° 0° 32° AQI 88 😷

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Amsterdam

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Paris

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Bangkok

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	0.5/5 (Rank #1317) 205 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍3 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Bad
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,620 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 16 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Freezing : -1°C29°F (feels -3°C27°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	💦 Damp: 93%
👌 Safety	🧨 Conflict / political instability*
👩 Safe for women	Bad
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	🧨 Conflict / political instability*
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very low: $417 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Good
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Great
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Great
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Belarus
🗓️ Average trip length	15 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	16 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌤 -1°C 29°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels -3°C 27°F
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 BYN in USD	USD 2.93
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	BYN 1,000 = USD 293
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Imaguru
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍11% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	2,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$5,001 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 41% 👱‍♀️ 59%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 88% 👱‍♀️ 12%
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	5element
🏠 Apartment listings	Hata
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Belavia
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	KLM

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,620 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$716 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$1,395 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$399 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,974 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$995 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$300 / month
🏠 Median home price	$33,651
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$92 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$33 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$109 / month
🍛 Dinner	$4
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$1
👩‍🏫 International school	$4,795 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$4 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip